Q&A: When writing a screenplay, is there a standard style guide that’s used?

Question by David B: When writing a screenplay, is there a standard style guide that’s used?
I’m just concerned with proper formatting. For instance, the MLA and APS are two style guides used in academia.

I’m just concerned with professional formatting. Not so much the craft of screenplay writing.

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Answer by aturningpoint4me
Do a Google/Yahoo search for “writing a screenplay format” and that should get you going in the right direction.

There also might be something you could pick up at your local library.

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One Comment

• tws1209 says:

  November 8, 2010 at 4:56 am

  Yes, pretty much. I recommend that you check out some of the published book-formed scripts such as Napoleon Dynamite: Final Shooting Script or A Prairie Home Companion: Official Screenplay. I use these for my scripts. They are primarily the same form except they do have minor differences in form that really don’t amount to anything. But this is what I suggest as a fellow screenwriter.